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Hedgehog salad with Korean carrots

Hedgehog Salad with Korean-Style Carrots

Pretty, bright, tasty, festive, and easy to make! What makes this recipe special is how it's presented. This Hedgehog salad with Korean-style carrots will dress up any celebration and delight everyone at the table. You can make a kid-friendly version by swapping the Korean carrots for plain ones.

NikaForever

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Chicken fillet (boiled)

150

Pickled mushrooms

200

Rice

Hard cheese

150

Eggs

Mayonnaise

100

Olives (for decorating)

Korean-style carrots

100

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 32 % 11 g

Fats 44 % 15 g

Carbohydrates 24 % 8 g

215 kcal

GI: 25 / 75 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make Hedgehog salad with carrots? Prep the ingredients. Boil the chicken fillet, eggs, and rice ahead of time. Drain the rice well so it isn't wet. Homemade mayonnaise makes it even tastier. Any pickled mushrooms work—I used button mushrooms. Use any cheese you like, and black olives, which make for a prettier hedgehog. The Korean-style carrots can be store-bought or homemade.
Step 2:

Take a wide flat platter and lay down a base of lettuce leaves. Wash and dry the leaves well first.
Step 3:

Finely chop the boiled chicken fillet (you can use smoked or fried instead). Chop the mushrooms and the peeled boiled eggs as well. Mound the chopped chicken onto the lettuce in the shape of a hedgehog and coat it with mayonnaise.
Step 4:

Spread the chopped mushrooms over the chicken layer. Coat with mayonnaise if you like (it's optional—our family doesn't care for a lot of mayonnaise, so I left it off the mushrooms).
Step 5:

Add the boiled white rice as the next layer and coat it with mayonnaise.
Step 6:

Next comes a layer of boiled eggs, sliced or grated. Then add the cheese right on top of the egg layer—grate hard or semi-hard cheese on a fine grater.
Step 7:

Now arrange the Korean-style carrots along the line of the hedgehog's "quills" and decorate his coat with pieces of black olive.
Step 8:

And here's how the salad looks in the end. Enjoy!

To my taste, this salad is best with homemade Korean-style carrots, because you control how spicy they are. If you're making the Hedgehog for a kids' party, use homemade morkovcha or plain carrots grated on a julienne (Korean) grater.
You can "hide" any of your favorite salads under this hedgehog's carrot coat.
Homemade mayonnaise is the way to go—it's tastier and better for you; look for good homemade mayo recipes. You can also dress the salad with sour cream or plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise, on their own or mixed with mayo in any ratio you like, which cuts the calories.
Tip: for consistently tasty rice dishes, read up on how to choose rice and the secrets of cooking it well.
How do you hard-boil eggs? To keep them from cracking, put them in cold water and cook over low heat. Boil for 9 minutes after the water comes to a boil, then plunge them into cold water to cool—the sudden temperature change makes them peel more easily.